Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-14
"should any case of smallpox be dis

''Should any case of smallpox be dis
covered upon any car, you will direct sale
car to be quarantined, or sidetracke ed, a,
point suited to the well.being and com
fort of the sick, and at the same time
adapted to the convenience of the rail
road company. 1t is desired that the
work to be done should be so ordered
and conducted as to subject the company
to the minimum of Inconvenience con.
sistent with lis energetic and efficient
discharge in the interest of public health.
1.-The other passengers on infected
cars should be transferred to another
car. but not mixed with passengers on
uninfected cars. You will examine then,
carefully to ascertain whether there are
any unvaccinated persons among them.
All such should be Immediately vaccin.
ated, making at least two points Of inser-
ton. You will also vaccinate all upon
the infected car, and detain them for a
period OF .twelve days from the date of
their exposure to the disease.
"You will also inspect the express
trains, and satisfy yourself that no cases
OF smallpox were on board. In this ex.
animation the conductor and other en-
ployes of the cars will be Of essential
service to you. Should you be satisfied
OF the presence of smallpox, you will
adopt the means Just recommended for
emigrant cars.
''If, upon inquiry, you find that any
passenger upon car has been sick with
smallpox during the trip, and has died
or been removed from the car, you will
consider such car to be infected, and pro-
ceed Herewith in the manner directed
for cars upon which smallpox has actual.
ly been discovered.
when any car containing smallpox
has been quarantined, you will aid the
railroad authorities in seeing that the
passengers thereon are well and com.
fortably cared for, and that the car,
after the recovery or removal Of the
sick, is thoroughly disinfected, accord
ing to the rules laid down in the general
instructions for disinfection issued by
the State board of health.
"You will be expected to keep a
record OF cars quarantined, cases of
smallpox discovered, and vaccinations
and re-vacciuatons performed, and of
every other proceeding under the duties
assigned you, and to report the same in
writing to the secretary Of the State
board OF health at Sacramento at least
every third day.
''The duties to which you are assigned
are important yet delicate. and the State
board of health trusts to your discretion
and good judgment SO that they be exer-
cised with prudence, and with an en-
deavor to disarm opposition by courte.
GUS and dignfied appeal to reason, and
the demonstration of the necessity of the
measures adopted, rather than by the
exhibition Of arbitrary authority.
THE LOCAL SITUATION.
A reporter out after smallpox items
yesterday had hard time for news.
The health officer reported one case of
variola, child Of Mr.. Nordlinger. The
house was quarantined. There were
various rumors of other cases, but they
all proved to be unfounded. George B.
Scovill, formerly head musician at the
Club theater, who was taken to the
smallpox hospital week ago, died at 6
o'clock yesterday morning. He will be
right man, who had the respect of all
who knew him, and all regret his un.
timely taking.off in the prime of life.
He was only AZ years of age. He leaves
a widow to mourn his loss. This noble
woman went with her husband to the
hospital, and tenderly cared for him
during all his struggle with the dreaded
disease, but her care was uuavailing
These instances of wifely devotion are
numerous, but they should always be
recorded.
A telephone message was received at
the police office last night tina. patient
at the hospital named Pullen was very
i'll and wes not expected to live.